02193nam 2200457 a 450 991046320590332120200520144314.01-61149-023-5(CKB)2670000000370593(EBL)1210865(OCoLC)851315737(MiAaPQ)EBC1210865(Au-PeEL)EBL1210865(CaPaEBR)ebr10714436(CaONFJC)MIL493199(EXLCZ)99267000000037059320100323d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||Private fire[electronic resource] Robert Francis's ecopoetry and prose /Matthew James BabcockNewark University of Delaware Pressc20111 online resource (225 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-61149-022-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-212) and index.Introduction -- The influence of Dickinson and Frost -- Sex, gender, and the rural erotic -- Fiction and non-fiction -- Ecospirituality and ecopolitics -- Economy, place, and space -- The experiemental environmental -- Valhalla -- Conclusion.Matthew J. Babcock's Private Fire: Robert Francis's Ecopoetry and Prose presents an introduction to and analysis of nearly six decades of nature-centered literature produced by one of America's most intriguing but tragically obscure writers. Private Fire tracks the steady trajectory of Francis's life and career, situates him among more visible twentieth-century writers, and presents a broad and eclectic explication of his contribution to American environmental literature. Specifically, readers will investigate the influence Dickinson and Frost exerted on Francis, Francis's traditional and expeEcology in literatureEcocriticismElectronic books.Ecology in literature.Ecocriticism.818/.52Babcock Matthew James860456MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463205903321Private fire1919782UNINA